Protecting livelihoods in the COVID-19 crisis: A comparative analysis of European labour market and social policies

IF 1.5 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Global Social Policy Pub Date : 2021-06-06 DOI:10.1177/14680181211019281

A. Seemann, U. Becker, Linxin He, Eva Maria Hohnerlein, N. Wilman

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Abstract

This article provides a comparative study of the labour market and social policy measures introduced in light of the COVID-19 crisis in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom between March 2020 and January 2021. Its main aim is to understand whether the crisis response has changed the structures of the welfare states concerned. Focusing in particular on the differences regarding the crisis measures taken for individuals in ‘standard employment’ and ‘non-standard workers’ in each country, it argues that, although extensive temporary protection instruments were introduced for both groups during the crisis, these did not lead to an immediate convergence as regards these groups’ social protection. Rather than changing the underlying structures of welfare systems, many of the measures in fact highlighted the specific vulnerabilities of large segments of Europe’s labour markets. States have, however, granted social compensation at unprecedented levels, which could result in improved infrastructures and a clearer understanding of the responsibility of the welfare state in future emergencies.

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新冠肺炎危机中的生计保护：欧洲劳动力市场和社会政策的比较分析

本文对2020年3月至2021年1月期间丹麦、法国、德国、意大利和英国针对新冠肺炎危机采取的劳动力市场和社会政策措施进行了比较研究。其主要目的是了解危机应对是否改变了相关福利国家的结构。它特别关注各国对“标准就业”和“非标准工人”个人采取的危机措施的差异，认为尽管在危机期间为这两个群体引入了广泛的临时保护文书，但这些文书并没有导致这些群体的社会保护立即趋同。事实上，许多措施并没有改变福利制度的基本结构，而是突出了欧洲劳动力市场大部分的具体脆弱性。然而，各国提供了前所未有的社会补偿，这可能会改善基础设施，并更清楚地了解福利国家在未来紧急情况下的责任。

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Global Social Policy POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.20

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： Global Social Policy is a fully peer-reviewed journal that advances the understanding of the impact of globalisation processes upon social policy and social development on the one hand, and the impact of social policy upon globalisation processes on the other hand. The journal analyses the contributions of a range of national and international actors, both governmental and non-governmental, to global social policy and social development discourse and practice. Global Social Policy publishes scholarly policy-oriented articles and reports that focus on aspects of social policy and social and human development as broadly defined in the context of globalisation be it in contemporary or historical contexts.